# Prospero (disambiguation)

Prospero is the protagonist of The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.
Prospero may also refer to:

## Entertainment

* Prospero Productions, an Australian-based television production company
* Prince Prospero, the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
* Prospero, the wizard protagonist of John Bellairs' novel The Face in the Frost
* Prospero, the home planet of the Thousand Sons traitor legion in Warhammer 40,000
* Prospero, a canceled video game by Valve Corporation

## People

* Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias (1657–1661), Spanish heir apparent and son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria
* Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
* Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist
* Prospero Amatong (1931–2009), Philippine politician and former member of the House of Representatives
* Prospero Caterini (1795–1881), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
* Prospero Colonna (1452–1523), Italian condottiere
* Prospero Colonna (cardinal) (died 1463), cardinal-nephew of Pope Martin V
* Prospero Colonna (politician), mayor of Rome in 1899–1904
* Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1707–1765), Italian cardinal
* Prospero Fagnani (died 1678), Italian canon lawyer
* Prospero Farinacci (1554–1618), Italian lawyer and judge, noted for his harsh sentencing
* Prospero Fontana (1512–1597), Italian painter of the late Renaissance
* Prospero Gallinari (1951–2013), Italian terrorist and member of the Red Brigades
* Prospero Grech (1925–2019), Augustinian friar and cardinal
* Prospero Intorcetta (1626–1696), Jesuit missionary in China
* Prospero Nograles (1947–2019), Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
* Prospero Pichay Jr. (born 1950), Philippine politician and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives
* Prospero Rabaglio, late 16th-century Italian painter
* Prospero Santacroce (1514–1589), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
* Prospero Spani (1516–1584), Italian sculptor a.k.a. Prospero Clementi, Prospero Clemente or il Clemente
* Prospero Zannichelli (1698–1772), Italian painter
* Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (1834–1885), President of Costa Rica (1882–1885)
* Próspero París (1846–1931), French Roman Catholic prelate and Apostolic Vicar of Nanking
* Próspero Penados del Barrio (1925–2005), Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Guatemala City
* San Prospero di Reggio Emilia a.k.a. Prosper of Reggio (died 466 AD), Italian saint

## Science and technology

* PROX1, which stands for Prospero homeobox protein 1
* Prospero (software), a business proposal platform
* Prospero (file system), a global file system based on the Virtual System Model
* Prospero (moon), a moon of the planet Uranus
* Prospero (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae
* Prospero (satellite), launched by the United Kingdom in 1971
* PROSPERO, a database for the prospective registration of studies in medicine, social care, welfare, crime, justice and international development studies

## Other

* Prospero, California, an unincorporated community
* Prospero (mountain), mountain in Australia
* HMS Prospero
* Prospero, a newspaper for BBC pensioners